Improvement in cartridges



E. MAYNARD.

- Cartridge. No. 40,111. Patented Sept 29, 18634 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD MAYNARD, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN CARTRIDGES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 40,111, dated September 29, 1863.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDWARD MAYNARD, of the city of WVashington and District of Columbia, have invented a new and useful Improvement in the Manufacture of Fixed Ammunition for Shot-Guns and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a top view of a metallic cartridge in which the charge is secured by means of any desirable length on either side of the tongue to be formed.

hen the cartridge is properly loaded, as illustrated in Fig. 2, and a suitable wad, e, placed upon the-charge of shot, the tongues 01 a a may be bent over upon it, and will thus securely retain the load within the cartridge, and enable it to be carried or jolted about in any position without danger of its becoming loose or unfixed. When, however, the cartridge is fired, the explosion of the charge will straighten out the tongues a (b a into their original position without breaking them, so that the cartridge may be again reloaded and secured with facility. 7

Having thus fully described my improvement, what I claim therein. as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The formation of one or more clasping or retaining tongues in the upper rim of a metallic cartridge by slitting the edge of the same, substantially in the manner and fort-he purpose herein set forth.

This specification of my new and useful im provement in fixed ammunition for shot-guns, signed by me this 28th day of May, A. D. 1863.

EDWVARD MAYNARD.

In presence of- RANDOLPH COYLE, Jr., DAVID A. BURR. 

